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Fake Tail for a Curly Tail

My newest guy is a stunning 17.3 bay westphalian with no tail. He's alot of legs with a narrow build and a tail that goes to about his hocks. Its very thick, black and in serious need of a fake tail. The only pronlem is, fake tails are straight and my guys tail is curly. Not overwhelmingly curly but it spirals, when its brushed out its just a huge "poof". For the big shows I really need to get him a fake tail. Would it be possible to maybe put a few curlers in a fake tail? I can get a picture of his tail this afternoon but I was going over my show needs and relized I wasn't sure what to do. Any help? I'm in need!

"Fifty years from now when you're looking back at your life don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get back on that horse?"

You can do anything to a tail extension that you would do to a normal tail. Try contacting The Show Pen, they have fabulous extensions and outstanding customer service. I have been very happy with their tails. Perhaps they have a tail that would work well for you.

If you wanted to do spirals, you'd have to use something like rods to spiral the hair around, vs curlers. There are rods out there that you can find thru the beauty supplies for exactly that. Wet the hair, wrap it around the rods then leave to dry. You'd have to let it relax a little before it would fall naturally, I'd expect, just like with human hair. And you'd have to experiment a bit to decide if you needed to use some sort of setting lotion as well.

"If you have the time, spend it. If you have a hand, lend it. If you have the money, give it. If you have a heart, share it." by me

If you wanted to do spirals, you'd have to use something like rods to spiral the hair around, vs curlers. There are rods out there that you can find thru the beauty supplies for exactly that. Wet the hair, wrap it around the rods then leave to dry. You'd have to let it relax a little before it would fall naturally, I'd expect, just like with human hair. And you'd have to experiment a bit to decide if you needed to use some sort of setting lotion as well.

You've got to be kidding...

madeline
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Why not do what the real hunters do!

Instead of doing the "My Pretty Little Pony" nonsense, just crop the tail at the hock. Very handsome and appropriate. Field hunters (where y'all got your start!) wouldn't be caught dead in a fake tail. But then again, they also have to cover ground with their trots, not look comatose!

Instead of doing the "My Pretty Little Pony" nonsense, just crop the tail at the hock. Very handsome and appropriate. Field hunters (where y'all got your start!) wouldn't be caught dead in a fake tail. But then again, they also have to cover ground with their trots, not look comatose!

I think the tail-cutting freaks me out more than the thought of curlers.

"If you have the time, spend it. If you have a hand, lend it. If you have the money, give it. If you have a heart, share it." by me

I must say, I've yet to witness a slow race for the blue. We all motor around in CT, get that trot to cover 2 horse lengths. I do not wish to cut his tail at his hocks, that's where it is about right now, he's quite tall so a fake tail comes well above his fetlocks. His tail really doesn't "curl" so curlers weren't really what I meant, it spirals. A friend of mine braids professionally and I can ask her what she's seen, of course I do have a retired bay gelding with a spiraly black tail
I'm just going to order a regular black one, try to brush out the spirals and see how it looks. Ill let ya know.

"Fifty years from now when you're looking back at your life don't you want to be able to say you had the guts to get back on that horse?"

Have you thought about keeping it in a tail bag? When I got my current horse she had a thin tail that just barely made it to her hocks, thanks to her neighbor's taste for tail. I bit the bullet, put it up in a bag, and in less than a year her tail was down to her fetlocks and fairly full. Her tail now stays in a bag all of the time. I do use a tail extension at shows, but I show the breed circuit where they are the norm. The extension just adds fullness to her tail.